Quotes about Colt

About how his teammates keep him humble, Colt said:
"They do a good job of making sure whoever's getting a lot of the publicity during a certain time, they usually attack them, make fun of them, bring them right back down to humility." (HSB)


About how they tease Colt, Bess said:
"We have fun. We call him Mr. Heisman, Mr. ESPN. It comes with the territory." (HSB)


About Colt's popularity may be the greatest of any UH athlete ever, QB coach Dan Morrison said:
"I've been here 26 years, and people who have been here for a lot longer say that he is probably one of the most celebrated athletes we've had in Hawaii." (HSB)


About how he has to make sure that Colt gets away from the autograph seekers and media interviewers after a decent amount of time after practice so that he doesn't miss classes, Morrison said:
"We have to make sure he's out of here at a fairly decent time because he'll be here for a long time. He has a hard time saying no to people, and I hope the community understands that it can be overwhelming. ... We want to try to simplify his life to a certain degree." (HSB)


Asked if Colt or Dog the Bounty Hunter was the more famous person from Hawaii, JJ laughed and said:
"I don't know the stats on that. But I can't think of anyone from Hawaii right now more popular than Colt." (HSB)


About the media attention he got recently, Colt said:
"Everybody came in the same week and really ran me ragged. But that's over and done with and I've been able to practice and get ready and I'm back to my normal routine." (HSB)

HSB Note: "Though he finds himself repeatedly recounting his journey, Brennan hasn't backed down from addressing his past along with talking about his current station as the nation's top college passer and an NFL future."


About how he talked and talked about his past with all of those reporters, Colt said:
"It's just something I can't shy away from. If people are going to talk about it you might as well really try to stress for them to say the right things and get it accurate. Some people have, some people haven't. Time will tell." (HSB)


Happy that the media has been taking the time to learn the truth behind Colt's Colorado incident, his father Terry Brennan said:
"It's good to see some of the reporters have taken a little more time to look into the whole scenario. The Colorado thing happened and we're trying to move on. ... It would be nice to see it go away at some point, but that's part of the deal." (HSB)


About how Colt's story and play has been selling itself and UH hasn't had to do much, UH Assistant AD McNamara said:
"He's created the message, we're just the messengers. The DVD was a way for us to spread the news, but he told the story. If Colt wasn't the phenomenal story he was, you wouldn't see those types of numbers or that type of impact." (HSB)

HSB Note: "As the Warriors headed into game preparations this week, UH sports media relations structured Brennan's availability. He's scheduled to have a teleconference for national media on Mondays and will be available to local reporters after Wednesday practices only."


Feeling that Colt can handle all of the media attention, Morrison said:
"I think he's pretty good at keeping an eye on things and we're trying to help him with this stuff. He's always handled it with grace and sincerity." (HSB)